[Ietf-not43] Re: Question about -firs-arch

[Eric A. Hall]

on 5/28/2003 12:46 PM Edward Lewis wrote:

> My suggestion is to add a blurb saying that a URI might resolve into 
> multiple IP addresses and that each address ought to be checked, 
> instead of blindly relying on a second URI for "backup."  This should 
> stamp out (one of) the implementation bug(s) that plagues DNS.

That's a good suggestion. I also added a blurb to the SRV processing
disucssion in the -core spec saying that each IP address should be tried
before moving to the next-preferred host.

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